Bobby Smyrniotis, shut out in 5 earlier nominations, lastly has a Coach of the Year Award to associate with his 4 Canadian Premier League titles.
The 45-year-old Forge FC head coach and technical director beat out Cavalry FC’s Tommy Wheeldon Jr., who obtained the award in 2019 and ’23, and York United FC’s Benjamin Mora in voting by all eight CPL golf tools’ technical administration and select media.
The winners have been launched Thursday evening ahead of the CPL championship recreation between No. 1 Forge and No. 2 Cavalry on Saturday at ATCO Field.
Forge, which accomplished atop the regular-season standings at 15-8-5, carried away three of the six awards on present.
Tristan Borges was named the CPL Player of the Year for a second time whereas Kwasi Poku, purchased by Forge to Belgium’s RWD Molenbeek for a league-record change in August, was chosen Best Canadian U-21 Player.
Cavalry’s Daan Klomp obtained Defender of the Year honours for the second season in a row whereas Pacific FC’s Emil Gazdov claimed the Golden Glove Award as a result of the league’s prime goalkeeper. York forward Brian Wright obtained the Players’ Player Award.
WATCH | 2024 CPL Awards from Calgary:
Watch as top-of-the-line inside the CPL head to the Bella Concert Hall in Calgary for the 2024 Canadian Premier League Awards.
